Revelation Space
- 596
- Pages
- about 11 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Revelation Space” is space opera built with a scientist’s rigour and vast in scale. Reynolds, an astrophysicist by training, makes his debut the opening of a four-book cycle, and its nearly six hundred pages reward readers who come for ideas. Some find the first chapters confusing and the characters hard to warm to, which dulls the later payoff for them.
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About the book
Revelation Space is a hard science fiction space opera novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds, published in 2000 by Gollancz. It was Reynolds's debut novel, drawing on his background as a trained astrophysicist: he holds a PhD in astronomy from the University of St Andrews and spent over a decade working for the European Space Agency. The novel was short listed for both the BSFA Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Reading order · Inhibitor Cycle
Full order & progress →- Revelation SpaceThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - Redemption Ark
8.18.1 / 10 - Absolution Gap
7.97.9 / 10 - Inhibitor Phase
7.97.9 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 539 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 79% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Books | 8.0 | 10 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 529 | 98% |
Frequently asked
How long is Revelation Space?
It has 596 pages — longer than 79% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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